Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Bill Frantz
On 1/23/21 at 12:32 PM, fra...@pwpconsult.com (Bill Frantz) wrote: I had similar problems to yours until I purged my system of all non-Apple drivers. Digging deeper into Richard's issue, I found this note I wrote myself when I had a problem very similar to his: FTDI Driver Issues on MacOX

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Bill Frantz
You should use the standard Apple FTDI driver. It works. I had similar problems to yours until I purged my system of all non-Apple drivers. BTW, I am now running Mojave 10.14.6. I'm back here so I can run my 32 bit applications like cocoaModem and cocoaNEC. 73 Bill AE6JV On 1/23/21 at

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread John Stengrevics
Hi Richard, I’ve never downloaded a driver to use my Mac with my K3S. 73, John WA1EAZ > On Jan 23, 2021, at 11:50 AM, Richard wrote: > > Working hard to wean my K3s off a SignaLink and connect it directly via a > standard A/B USB cable. Results have been frustrating but encouraging. The >

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Chuck Shefflette - AA3CS
If you have a 3rd party FTDI driver installed, that may be part of the problem. MacOS has had FTDI drivers since at least 10.12. I also would seriously suggest updating to at least the last update of 10.13; 10.14 would be better. 73, Chuck, AA3CS — Engineer: "If it ain't broke I haven't messed

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft
Given that you are running generally older hardware and system software, you probably don'tneed to worry about how "out of date" your FTDI driver might be. (I'm running a 2017 iMac withBig Sur installed and working beautifully). I assume that your USB hardware really is FTDI andnot one of the

[Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Richard
Working hard to wean my K3s off a SignaLink and connect it directly via a standard A/B USB cable. Results have been frustrating but encouraging. The particulars are these. Mac mini Late 2012 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 8 GB RAM Running 10.12.6 Sierra K3s 100 I’m going to try replacing